Verizon currently offers its 300Mbps FiOS service for about $210, but Comcast will charge $300/month. Xfinity Blast! customers will now get download speeds of up to 50 Mbps (formerly 25 Mbps), and Extreme 50 customers will now receive speeds of up to 105 Mbps (formerly 50 Mbps). Blast! is $58.95/month multi-product or $72.95/month standalone. Extreme is $99.95/mo multi-product or $114.95/month standalone.

South Korea has launched a nationwide broadband upgrade to rid themselves of 100Mbps service for $38 a month. By the end of 2012, South Korea intends to connect every home in the country to the Internet at one gigabit per second and slash the monthly price to just $27 a month.